Teaching Kids History and Mythology with Crafts
Learn about the mythology of Earth from ancient cultures while making a fun Earth Flower craft.
At MythologyCrafts.com we love holidays of any kind ancient or recent and from ANYWHERE in the world. We have assembled some of our best winter crafts and goodies here. So check it and and enjoy some creative time with the family this year! Saturnalia Cookies Saturnalia was a celebration of the god Saturn and it […]
Cornucopia Craft: Zeus’ Horn of Plenty Every year at Thanksgiving there are plenty of images of the cornucopia. It is an ancient and famous horn that symbolizes a successful and fruitful harvest. It overflows with the bounty of the summer’s farming. Many of us associate it with the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth, but guess what? […]
Fun, easy, educational craft. Make your own clay Cerberus, three-headed dog of the Underworld. Learn about Greek Myths. Great for kids and home school.
Cleopatra’s Snake — An easy bead craft Cleopatra could be considered one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs. But guess what? She was not ethnically Egyptian. Cleopatra was actually Greek! She was a descendant of Ptolemy, who was one of Alexander the Great’s main military advisors. When Alexander the Great died, his empire was divided […]
The Ancient Liberty CaP “Delacroix – Liberty Leading the People” by john weiss is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 History of the cap As you can see in the famous painting by Delacroix, the goddess Libertas is wearing the red cap of liberty as she leads the French people to revolt. Although, this painting is […]
The Roman Game of Rota In ancient Rome, people had to make up games for fun just like today. One of the games that the Romans played was Rota, also known as Roman Tic Tac Toe. We do not know for sure what the Romans called this game but we call it Rota, because that […]
The Athenian Owl Coin Nothing says Ancient Greece, like the city of Athens and their patron goddess, Athena! She happens to be the daughter of Zeus and was born from his head. Yes, you read that right. That might explain why she is the Goddess of wisdom and war, especially strategy. She is often referred […]
The Brutus Denarius And the Ides of March For centuries, March 15th, known to the Romans as the Ides of March, was an unlucky date. You might wonder why. It’s because that’s the day the great Roman general Julius Caesar was assassinated. As the story goes, Caesar and his number two Marc Antony were on […]
If you are interested in history, legends and myths few things are more iconic than the Roman Colosseum. At the end of 2020, Lego released its largest set yet–the Colosseum. Want to see how this mega set fits together AND learn a little about the building along way? Check out our video and keep reading […]